TRAFFICKING AND HIV Andhra Pradesh (Need Assessment Study- based on Secondary Data) Draft Report ASSESSING VULNERABILITIES FOR TRAFFICKING AND HIV/AIDS Shakti Vahini UNDP -TAHA 1 Andhra Pradesh: Andhra Pradesh is the fifth largest State with an area of 2,76,754 sq. km, accounting for 8.4 % of India’s territory. The State has the longest coastline (972 km) among all the States in India. It is bordered by Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Orissa in the north, the Bay of Bengal in the East, Tamil Nadu to the south and Karnataka to the west. Andhra Pradesh is endowed with a variety of physiographic features ranging from high hills, undulating plains to a coastal deltaic environment. It is also considered the rice bowl of India. The state is crossed by two major rivers, the Godavari and Krishna. Andhra Pradesh can be broadly divided into three regions, namely Konaseema (Coastal Andhra), Telangana and Rayalaseema. Konaseema occupies the coastal plain between Eastern Ghats ranges, which run the length of the state, and the Bay of Bengal. Telangana lies west of the 2 Ghats on the Deccan plateau. The Godavari and Krishna rivers rise in the Western Ghats of Karnataka and Maharashtra and flow east across Telangana to empty into the Bay of Bengal in a combined river delta. Rayalaseema lies in the southeast of the state on the Deccan plateau, in the basin of the Penner River. It is separated from Telangana by the low Erramala hills, and from Coastal Andhra by the Eastern Ghats. The Krishna and Godavari rivers together irrigate thousands of square kilometres of land, and create the largest perennial cultivable area in the country. Andhra Pradesh leads in the production of rice (paddy) and is called India's Rice Bowl. The state if fed by high average rainfall of 925 mm. still certain areas in state face the drought situation. Nearly 75% of its area is covered by the river basins of the Godavari, Krishna and Pennar, and their tributaries. There are 17 smaller rivers like the Sarada, Nagavali and Musi, as well as several streams. Godavari and Krishna are the two major perennial rivers, and with their extensive canal system, provide assured irrigation. As per the records of Chief Conservator of Forests, Hyderabad the Forest area coverage increased in 1997-98 to 63814 Sq. Km, from 62680 Sq. Km. in 1990-91. Andhra Pradesh has bountiful natural resources. Endowed with fertile land, water and conducive agro-climatic conditions, it is an agriculturally- prosperous state. The food grain production during 1999-2000 was 149.05 lakh tonnes as against the average of 122.68 lakh tonnes. AP is the largest producer of rice in India. It is also the leading producer of cash crops like Tobacco, Groundnut, Chillies, Turmeric, Oilseeds, Cotton, Sugar and Jute. It produces some of the finest varieties of mangoes, grapes, guavas, sapotas, papayas and bananas. Also there is a large area under vegetables, fruits, flowers & plantation crops - 5,92,655 ha. However food grians are shown in maximum of the agricultural land in state constituting around 65.2 lakh hectare. Among the food grains rice is the most important agricultural produce and covers around 35 lakh h.a. of agricultural land. The second largest land coverage is by the ground nuts which is cultivated in more than 18 lakh hectares. Pulses cover around 16 lakh hectares of land and cotton is cultivated in around 9 lakh hectares. Andhra Pradesh is a mineral rich state ranked second in the country containing a vast and variety of mineral wealth. The state has also started to focus on the fields of information technology and biotechnology. In 2004-2005 Andhra Pradesh is at the fifth position in the list of top IT exporting states of India. The IT exports from the state are 1.8 billion during the year. The service sector of the state already accounts for 43% of the GSDP and employs 20% of the work force. Vizag or Visakhapatnam, in Telangana, is Andhra's main port. The city's shipyards, fisheries, docks, and steel works make it an economic powerhouse. Recently, Vizag has seen a rise in investment as industry in Andhra begins to turn towards the lucrative export market. 3 Vijayawada is the third largest city and an important trading center. Guntur is the fourth largest city of A.P, it is the heart of the tobacco, cotton industry. Nellore is famous for its sea food and rice quality. Also famous for mica industry and space research centre. Kakinada is the hub of natural gas exploration and industrial activity. The state is divided into 23 administrative districts and has 26586 inhabited villages and 264 towns in 1998. There were 22 Zila Parishads, 109 Municipal Councils, 7 Municipal Corporations, 21934 Gram Panchayats and 1093 Mandal Parishads in 1998. In 1997-98 the total income of state stood at Rs. 78705 crore of which highest contributor was the tertiary sector Rs. 35635 crore followed by primary sector Rs. 25556 crore and secondary sector Rs. 17515 crore. The per capita income of state in same year stood at Rs. 10590. According to the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Hyderabad there were 18522 working factories in 1996-97, which employed around 2841000 persons on basis of daily employment. The net value of the factories stood at 8555 crore. As per the provisional data of government of Andhra Pradesh there were 2303 thousands non-agricultural economical enterprises functioning in state in 1998. Approximate 6392 thousands workers were employed in these enterprises. The registered enterprises were 600 thousand and the number of persons employed in them was about 1120 thousands. According to RBI, there were 5076 banking office of both scheduled and commercial banks in Andhra as on December 1997. In total 2445 villages in state had bank offices in same years. According to the office of Registrar of cooperative societies Hyderabad, in 1995-96, there were 34616 cooperative societies with a working capital of Rs. 3464 crore and membership of more than 38 millions. Of these 4673 are primary agricultural credit societies with a membership of around 1.5 millions. Andhra Pradesh – Population Total & in the age-group 0-6, Total Population Population in age group 0-6 Sl.No. State/District Persons Males Females Persons Males Females 1 ADILABAD 2,479,347 1,246,287 1,233,060 358,842 182,737 176,105 2 NIZAMABAD 2,342,803 1,161,907 1,180,896 323,169 164,398 158,771 3 KARIMNAGAR 3,477,079 1,738,248 1,738,831 442,263 223,676 218,587 4 MEDAK 2,662,296 1,347,241 1,315,055 386,008 196,578 189,430 5 HYDERABAD 3,686,460 1,894,990 1,791,470 441,977 226,614 215,363 6 RANGAREDDI 3,506,670 1,806,199 1,700,471 465,922 236,459 229,463 7 MAHBUBNAGAR 3,506,876 1,779,992 1,726,884 527,983 269,757 258,226 8 NALGONDA 3,238,449 1,646,555 1,591,894 439,279 223,857 215,422 9 WARANGAL 3,231,174 1,637,682 1,593,492 435,872 222,981 212,891 10 KHAMMAM 2,565,412 1,299,245 1,266,167 337,459 171,432 166,027 11 SRIKAKULAM 2,528,491 1,256,370 1,272,121 320,098 162,027 158,071 12 VIZIANAGARAM 2,245,103 1,120,124 1,124,979 281,581 142,133 139,448 13 VISAKHAPATNAM 3,789,823 1,903,894 1,885,929 457,054 231,675 225,379 14 EAST GODAVARI 4,872,622 2,445,811 2,426,811 577,421 291,916 285,505 15 WEST GODAVARI 3,796,144 1,906,104 1,890,040 436,894 221,030 215,864 16 KRISHNA 4,218,416 2,151,187 2,067,229 485,348 247,731 237,617 4 17 GUNTUR 4,405,521 2,220,305 2,185,216 509,044 260,351 248,693 18 PRAKASAM 3,054,941 1,549,891 1,505,050 371,947 189,228 182,719 19 NELLORE 2,659,661 1,341,192 1,318,469 313,393 160,284 153,109 20 CUDDAPAH 2,573,481 1,303,160 1,270,321 322,870 165,401 157,469 21 KURNOOL 3,512,266 1,787,471 1,724,795 518,944 266,940 252,004 22 ANANTAPUR 3,639,304 1,859,502 1,779,802 459,130 233,838 225,292 23 CHITTOOR 3,735,202 1,883,454 1,851,748 460,776 235,157 225,619 ANDHRA 75,727,541 38,286,811 37,440,730 9,673,274 4,926,200 4,747,074 PRADESH Total population of state as per the census 2001 was 75.7ml of which 38.3ml were males and females constituted 37.4 ml. there were 978 women for per 1000 men in state in 2001. The sex ratio, in state in 2001 was 978 which was an improvement by 6 points over the 972 in 1991. 55.2 ml population resides in rural area and the urban population stood at 20.5 ml. In terms of percent 27.08 percent population in state was living in urban area against 62.9 percent in rural areas. The density of population per Sq. Km. in state was 275. The literacy rate in state in 2001 was 61.11 percent. Ranking of Districts by population size in 2001 Percent to total Rank in Population population Sl.No. State/District 2001 2001 of the State 2001 1 ADILABAD 21 2,479,347 3.27 2 NIZAMABAD 22 2,342,803 3.09 3 KARIMNAGAR 12 3,477,079 4.59 4 MEDAK 16 2,662,296 3.52 5 HYDERABAD 7 3,686,460 4.87 6 RANGAREDDI 11 3,506,670 4.63 7 MAHBUBNAGAR 10 3,506,876 4.63 8 NALGONDA 13 3,238,449 4.28 9 WARANGAL 14 3,231,174 4.27 10 KHAMMAM 19 2,565,412 3.39 11 SRIKAKULAM 20 2,528,491 3.34 12 VIZIANAGARAM 23 2,245,103 2.96 13 VISAKHAPATNAM 5 3,789,823 5 14 EAST GODAVARI 1 4,872,622 6.43 15 WEST GODAVARI 4 3,796,144 5.01 16 KRISHNA 3 4,218,416 5.57 17 GUNTUR 2 4,405,521 5.82 18 PRAKASAM 15 3,054,941 4.03 19 NELLORE 17 2,659,661 3.51 20 CUDDAPAH 18 2,573,481 3.4 21 KURNOOL 9 3,512,266 4.64 22 ANANTAPUR 8 3,639,304 4.81 23 CHITTOOR 6 3,735,202 4.93 Poverty: Andhra Pradesh (AP) is India’s fifth largest state with a population of 76 million.